I made it over from europe to watch the new orleans game 2 weeks ago (yes I know, excellent choice of game).nd I thought I might as well write down my experiences.
Getting Tickets
Having to plan a flight and stuff I was interested in getting tickets quite early and bought via stubhub. I took the cheapest tickets available in June, which meant 220$ for a 65$ face price. I dont know if they get cheaper when you wait longer but prices for other seats where even steeper.
An Alternative I got told about is ticket Master where you are supposed to be ale to uy tickets at face value, after you made 100$ registration payment (which you might be able to get back later, I am not sure) but tickets are available there later, and you might not get any I was told.
Stubhub only delivers to US addresses so I had them send to my hotel. I had some trouble entering the US Address correctly, but they supported me well via hotline.
Getting There
I was a bit torn between train and rental car for a while but decided to go for the train, which worked out very well. I downloaded the MBTA App and boughtbthe tickets via internet but I dont think it would have been a problem getting tickets the day before or even 10 minutes efore the train left. I entered in Back bay, which is the second station so the train was already mostly full, and I had to wlak to the very end to find a free seat, but I think there were enoough seats so that everybiody could have had one.
The ride was smooth and we arrived about an hour before the game. On worse wheather it might be possible for the train to be late as one person described earlier, but I think you need to break it pretty bad for that ton happen. and of course you can get stcuk oin traffic too.
At the game
The procedures at the entrance were pretty efficient and I think we were through in aout 10 minutes. Afterwards we went to Pats store, which was pretty full. So plan a few minutes for the checkout. It took us good five minutes to get to the upper deck, but there were always signs pointing the correct way.
As I said I got the cheapest seats available but even from up there I felt I had a good view of the whole game. Better than I remmebered from Wembley with much better seating.
The scores in the other games get displayed on the opposite side, but as in TV you get the scores of the finished 1pm games over and over and have to wait ages for the 4 pm games. They also show fantasy football info if you need that. I did not use the WIFI as I needed to conserve battery, but I think it worked for my wife.
Way Back
My Wife was worried in the end that we would not catch the train back, so we used all the empty seats by the leavers to move further downstairs in the end. But I think it would never have been a problem, the exit out of the stadium was also very smooth, and the train waited quite a while even after we reached it. On the way ack it seemed fuller, but I think there were just more people blocking two seats. They never checked toickets on the way back So i shouldn't have worried about my battery. The way ack was also smooth, and we were back sooner than expected.
I was abit surprised, that the feelings toward the Saints fans were a it more hostile on the way back, but that may have been because of the patrons in my coach.
All in all it was apretty perfect trip for me, and everythging went ahead as planned back home in Austria. I must say its pretty need to live in the age of internet and Smart phones. I also want to thank jmt57 for the infos on the various ways to gte tickets.
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